Mybe they need some 'Gearsplit' software would have been simple to figure it
out from there.. Yes a shameless plug.. LOL..
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Adin, David
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 3:43 PM
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: news from the wife . . .(Honda)
>
>
> Or is it old news?
>
>
>
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> "Honda have achieved their declared target speed of 400 kph across a
> measured mile at the Bonneville International Speedway in Utah. On the
> team's third day of running, driver Alan van der Merwe clocked a speed
> of 400.450 kph (248.840 mph) at 0721 hours local time in his race legal
> Honda 007.
>
> However the time will not be recorded as an official land speed record
> because the team were unable to match the same top speed on the return
> leg of the journey. The slower second leg reduced the aggregate speed
> over both runs to a 393.613 kph (244.580 mph).
>
> Even so the speed reached did convincingly improve on the team's
> previous record - set on Monday - of 354.974 kph (220.571 mph) and the
> team were overjoyed that Thursday's run proved that the target of 400
> kph is possible.
>
> "Having finally reached 400 kph today feels great. 400 kph has always
> been the magical number, and having done it in one direction, it must be
> possible to do it in both," said van der Merwe after the team's success.
> "We'll be trying again tomorrow - that's what it is about now, we just
> have to squeeze that little bit more from the car and keep pushing."
>
> The team will make further changes to the car's gear ratios on Thursday
> night and return to the salt flats on Friday morning with the aim of
> replicating Thursday's top speed over both runs."
>
>
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